Dictionary-of-Human-Resources-Management

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job-share /dʒɒb ʃeə/ noun a form of
employment in which two or more people
share a single job, each person working
part-time and being paid an amount
proportionate to the number of hours
they work
job simulation exercise /dʒɒb
sImjυleIʃ(ə)n eksəsaIz/ noun a test
where candidates are put through a simulation
of the real job
jobs market /dʒɒbz mɑkIt/ noun
the number of jobs available
job specification /dʒɒb spesIfI-
keIʃ(ə)n/ noun a very detailed description
of what is involved in a job
job squeeze /dʒɒb skwiz/ noun a
process of reducing the numbers of people
employed, because of financial
restrictions
job study /dʒɒb stdi/ noun an
analysis of all aspects of a job which
may affect performance
job ticket /dʒɒb tIkIt/ noun a document
which records when a particular
job was started (it is passed from worker
to worker as the job progresses)
job title /dʒɒb taIt(ə)l/ noun the
name given to a person in a certain job
Her job title is ‘Chief Buyer’.
job vacancy /dʒɒb veIkənsi/ noun
a job which is empty and needs
someone to do it
Johari window /dʒəυhɑri
wIndəυ/ noun a technique used to analyse
how someone gives and receives
information and how interpersonal communication
works (NOTE: The Johari
window is usually represented by a
square divided into four sections by a
cross, each section representing a
type of communication in which a person
has differing degrees of awareness
of the impact they are making on
the other person and of the impact the
other person is making on them)
join /dʒɔIn/ verb to join a firm to
start work with a company she joined
on January 1st she started work on January
1st
joinder /dʒɔIndə/ noun a situation
where a union or person is brought in as
a party to unfair dismissal proceedings
if such a party has been instrumental in
the dismissal through some sort of
pressure
joint /dʒɔInt/ adjective 1. carried out
or produced together with others a
joint undertaking 2. one of two or more
people who work together or who are
linked She and her brother are joint
managing directors.
joint and several liability /dʒɔInt
ən sev(ə)rəl laIəbIlIti/ noun a situation
where someone who has a claim
against a group of people can sue them
separately or together as a group
joint commission /dʒɔInt kə-
mIʃ(ə)n/ noun a group with equal numbers
of members from two or more
groups They set up a joint management/union
commission.
joint commission of inquiry
/dʒɔInt kəmIʃ(ə)n əv InkwaIəri/
noun a commission or committee with
representatives of various organisations
on it
joint consultation /dʒɔInt kɒnsəl-
teIʃ(ə)n/ noun established channels for
discussion between management and
employees where management keeps
control by disclosing plans to the employee
representatives and then asking
them to help put them into practice
Joint consultation helps to reduce the
possibility of industrial action.
joint discussions /dʒɔInt dI-
skʃ(ə)nz/ plural noun discussions between
management and employees
joint ownership /dʒɔInt əυnəʃIp/
noun the owning of a property by several
owners
joint venture /dʒɔInt ventʃə/ noun
a situtation where two or more companies
join together for one specific large
business project
journal /dʒn(ə)l/ noun 1. a book
with the account of sales and purchases
made each day 2. a magazine
journeyman /dʒnimən/ noun US
a skilled craftsman who has completed
his apprenticeship
judge /dʒdʒ/ noun a person who decides
in a legal case The judge sent
him to prison for embezzlement. verb
to make an assessment about someone
or something to judge an employee’s